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baltassoc · 08-22-2005, 11:01 AM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I thought the word Schadenfreude was the one that meant that you didn't know something but then learned about it in three different ways in a short period of time. I learned today that I am wrong. What word am I thinking of?

In other news, someone needs to entertain me today.

Synchronicity?

sebastian_dangerfield · 08-22-2005, 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
To state the (perhaps) obvious:

AC/DC, Back in Black (pretty much the entire album, not just the song)

ETA: Just noticed you can't download AC/DC from iTunes. Anybody know where they're available?

You can't download lots of bands with back catalogs that consistently sell well. Zeppelin is not on Itunes, nor are the Beatles. The Stones just put their full catalog on Itunes recently. AC/DC, believe it or not, is one of the top ten all time worldwide in record sales. I think they’d rather just keep collecting massive chunks of change from cd sales, rather than have people shop ala carte for those two or three great songs they put out per cd.*

Itunes fucks you on song selection. You can buy every Ray Charles tune except Georgia on My Mind and if you want to buy the one tune from a record that otherwise sucked, Itunes will list that one good tune as “full album purchase only.” But on the balance, Itunes does still save you piles of dough over the long haul.
And I already own the entire AC/DC, Zeppelin and Beatles catalogs, so I don’t really care.

* There are several AC/DC cds which contain ten solid songs (Back in Black, Powerage).

baltassoc · 08-22-2005, 11:21 AM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
You can't download lots of bands with back catalogs that consistently sell well. Zeppelin is not on Itunes, nor are the Beatles. The Stones just put their full catalog on Itunes recently. AC/DC, believe it or not, is one of the top ten all time worldwide in record sales. I think theyï¿½d rather just keep collecting massive chunks of change from cd sales, rather than have people shop ala carte for those two or three great songs they put out per cd.*

Itunes fucks you on song selection. You can buy every Ray Charles tune except Georgia on My Mind and if you want to buy the one tune from a record that otherwise sucked, Itunes will list that one good tune as ï¿½full album purchase only.ï¿½ But on the balance, Itunes does still save you piles of dough over the long haul.
And I already own the entire AC/DC, Zeppelin and Beatles catalogs, so I donï¿½t really care.

* There are several AC/DC cds which contain ten solid songs (Back in Black, Powerage).

I didn't realize that iTunes had the ability to force an entire album purchase. Which makes the AC/DC thing even weirder. I have no idea what the licensing terms look like, but it seems likely to me that the royalty stream to both the artist and the record company would be similar for a purchase off of iTunes as the sale of a physical CD (yeah, its cheaper to buy off iTunes, but you've got no packaging, shipping, breakage, etc. costs).

Of course, the flip side of the forcing buying an album to get a song equation is that I (probably pretty typically) am unlikely to shell out $10-18 for a single song, but I don't even think about the $1 a song they charge me for a single song. So I'd suspect on average they're losing revenue.

Not Bob · 08-22-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
In other movie news, I saw Be Cool this weekend on DVD. This may actually be Vince Vaughn's finest performance. And Uma Thurman (even though she can't really dance) is very easy on the eyes.

Uma is very easy the eyes. Definitely a honey-limbed lovely.

Shape Shifter · 08-22-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
Synchronicity?

That's not very entertaining.

Replaced_Texan · 08-22-2005, 11:24 AM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
This is a bad thing? I get to watch Lyle in peace; what could be better?

Although there are definitely some cconflict issues. Drive by Truckers and Roky Ericson on day 2 and Brave Combo and Rilo Kiley on Day 3 (although I can kind of see scheduling that later two head to head assuming there would be little overlap)

My major conflict is Wilco vs. Franz Ferdinand, which isn't really a conflict, because there's no way in hell I'm missing Wilco. I just sorta wish they'd put Franz Ferdinand in another spot.

ABBAKiss · 08-22-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally posted by Not Bob
Uma is very easy the eyes. Definitely a honey-limbed lovely.

The only person less cuddly looking than Uma Thurman is Ethan Hawke. I could shave my legs with his cheekbones.

ETA: I wonder whether when those two were married Ethan gave Uma her Brazilians.

baltassoc · 08-22-2005, 11:26 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
That's not very entertaining.

Which is more boring, the boring but possibly responsive post, or the post pointing out the response is boring?

I could talk about my sex life, but I've been banned.

notcasesensitive · 08-22-2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I thought the word Schadenfreude was the one that meant that you didn't know something but then learned about it in three different ways in a short period of time. I learned today that I am wrong. What word am I thinking of?

In other news, someone needs to entertain me today.

http://games.yahoo.com/games/downloads/dm.html

I've gotten over 20k twice in the last week or so. Enjoy!

andViolins · 08-22-2005, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
That's not very entertaining.

What if he wrote the word on her fabulous TITS! in whipped cream? Hmm. . . on second thought, what if B 'n B did it instead (sorry Balt)? Then ABBA and B 'n B would roll around in chocolate syrup while singing "Don't Stand So Close to Me." Of course the assorted sex toys would soon follow. They would of course film the entire event for all of us to watch. Now that would be entertaining!

aV

Hank Chinaski · 08-22-2005, 11:34 AM

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Originally posted by baltassoc
Which is more boring, the boring but possiblely responsive post, or the post pointing out the response is boring?

I could talk about my sex life, but I've been banned.

I don't believe you were banned. You received commentary that perhaps your posts on the subject were boring, and a bit sachrine.

Only a few posters really pull off the "post reporting on sex life." In general, those posts are interesting because they give some extreme detail- almost kicked out of condo- sex with blonde wig in bathroom stall- gay SM sex with main moderator- something that creates an image that catches the imagination.

Your posts on the subject tended to be " 1 of us got off the plane, then we had sex, then we ate then we had sex again." It reads like time reports.

If you want to do sex posts, it will take a brave post from you given that RT is also an oldschooler.

Here's what you should do- give up one sordid detail about RT that she doesn't want people here to know. Reveal the detail in a post. Of course, that will only last 1 post, so if you do a second you'll have to give up another detail.

Shape Shifter · 08-22-2005, 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by andViolins
What if he wrote the word on her fabulous TITS! in whipped cream? Hmm. . . on second thought, what if B 'n B did it instead (sorry Balt)? Then ABBA and B 'n B would roll around in chocolate syrup while singing "Don't Stand So Close to Me." Of course the assorted sex toys would soon follow. They would of course film the entire event for all of us to watch. Now that would be entertaining!

aV

That is entertaining. But I'd rather they sing "Next To You."

bold_n_brazen · 08-22-2005, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
That is entertaining. But I'd rather they sing "Next To You."

It'd be better if we just hummed.

notcasesensitive · 08-22-2005, 11:44 AM

A friend of mine won $12,500 off of $100 in a Hold Em game at a casino in Vegas because of the Bad Beat Jackpot. Apparently (in places that have this), if Aces Full (of 10's or higher) gets beat, there is a set Jackpot that pays out. Where she was, it was a $50k jackpot and she beat Aces Full of Kings with 4 Kings (she had a pair of Ks, other player had pair of A's, board had A and 2 K's). Person who had the bad beat got 1/2 of jackpot, she got 1/4 of jackpot and the rest of the table split the other 1/4.

Anyone ever heard of this before?

Hank Chinaski · 08-22-2005, 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
A friend of mine won $12,500 off of $100 in a Hold Em game at a casino in Vegas because of the Bad Beat Jackpot. Apparently (in places that have this), if Aces Full (of 10's or higher) gets beat, there is a set Jackpot that pays out. Where she was, it was a $50k jackpot and she beat Aces Full of Kings with 4 Kings (she had a pair of Ks, other player had pair of A's, board had A and 2 K's). Person who had the bad beat got 1/2 of jackpot, she got 1/4 of jackpot and the rest of the table split the other 1/4.

Anyone ever heard of this before?

could you repeat what you said?